Game



Oct. 13, 1942.

E'. v. P. ALBosTA 2,298,998 I GAME Filedr Nov. 24, 1941 ArToRNEYPatented Oct. 13, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GAME Edward V. I.Albosta, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application November 24, 1941, Serial No. 420,310

3 Claims.

The object of this invention is to devise a novel game which will havespecial playing appeal and educational value to the contestants, andwhich can be economically manufactured.

A further object of the invention is to devise a novel game, having abase provided with a spinner to determine the play to be made, andhaving ladders, indicative of a climb to success, rigidly Xed to thebase and to a top member having a well to receive and conceal theindicating portions of play indicators.

Other novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafterclearly appear in the detailed description and the appended claims.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, I have shown in theaccompanying drawing a typical embodiment of it which I have found inpractice to give satisfactory and reliable results; It is however to beunderstood that this embodiment is typical only and that the variousinstrumentalities of which the invention consists may be variouslyarranged and organized and the invention is not limited to the exactarrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a game, em bodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the base.

Figure 4 is a plan view of a play indicator.

Figure 5 is a plan view of a disc.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawing- I designates the base of a game, embodying myinvention. The base as illustrated is rectangular, and is provided witha closed top 2, having indicated thereon and circumferentially spacedthe following words: Success, Promotion, Ambition, Education, Obedience,Personalty, Honesty, Loyalty. Within ninety degree segments are thewords, Faith, Love, Hope, Charity. A hand or pointer 3 forms a spinnerand is pivotally mounted on the top 2. Ladders 4, corresponding innumber to the number of sides of the base, have the lower ends of theirrails 5 Xedly secured to the b-ase near its marginal portions. The railsconverge upwardly and are fixedly connected at their upper ends to a topmember 6 in the form of a plate, from which depends a well 1, opening atits upper end through the top member. The rungs 8 of the ladders or thejuxtaposed portions of the rails have the following identifying words,reading from the bottom to the top: Education, Obedience, Honesty,Character, Confidence, Aspiration, Promotion. The top member hasindicated on it the word Success.

The well I is adapted to receive play indicators 9 in the form ofpaddles or strips. Fifty-six of these play indicators are employed,twenty-eight of which have indicated on them the word Opportunity. Theother twenty-eight indicators are individually marked Disobedient,Untidy, Dishonest, Disagreeable, Ineficient, Lazy, Promotion, Failure.Twenty-eight discs lll are provided, having thereon the word Patience.rIhe discs are provided. with hooks Il for hanging them on the rungs ofthe ladders.

In playing the game, all of the play indicators 8 are placed in the well1 so that the words thereon are concealed from View. A hook l l is hungon each rung of the ladders. Any one of theplayers may start the game,and the other players follow from. left to right as seated about thegame. The rst player selects a play indicator 3 from the well. If heselects a play indicator marked Opportunity, he it entitled to a spin.After spinning, he places a Patience disc on the rung of his ladder thatcorresponds with the word indicated on the dial when the spinner stops.Only one spin is allowed a player upon selection of a play indicatormarked Opportunity, and if he fails to select or draw a play indicatormarked Opportunity, he loses his turn and the right to spin. He alsoloses his turn if the word indicated on the dial corresponds to a rungof his ladder that already has a Patience disc on it.

The same procedure is followed by the other players in their regularturn. The rst one who lls up all of the rungs of his ladder with discs,and then in regular turn spins the spinner so that it stops on Successon the dial wins the game. At the option of the players, the game may beccntinued until only one player is left, who can be called the Failure.

If the dial stops on Success before the rungs of a player are filledwith discs, then, he is entitled to another spin.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a game, a game board comprising a base, upright ladders xed attheir bottoms to marginal portions of said base, and a top member fixedto the upper ends of said ladders and having a depending well forreception of play indicators.

2. In a game, a game board comprising a base, rails fixed at theirbottoms to said base and extending upwardly, laterally extending rungsconnected with said rails, and a top plate connected with said rails andhaving a well opening at its upper end through said top plate.

3. In a game, a game board comprising a multisided base, ladderscorresponding in number to the number of sides and converging upwardlytherefrom and xidly connected with said base at marginal portions of thesides of the base, and a top member connected with the upper ends ofsaid ladders and having a depending well.

EDWARD V. P. ALBOSTA.

